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Nalishiwa bemoans poor working culture at agriculture ministry

Nalishiwa bemoans poor working culture at agriculture ministry
By Pride Bwalya
Friday December 14, 2007 [03:00]

Agriculture and Co-operatives director of human resources Boniface Nalishiwa has bemoaned the poor work culture by registry staff under the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. Nalishiwa expressed concern over the problem of losing files. He said that important documents and files on various issues for public service officers such as emoluments, retirements, confirmations and promotions were taking long to be dealt with due to poor working attitude by some registry officers.

Nalishiwa said that some officers were not even found in offices and were not security conscious, committed and had poor work culture.

He said that record keeping in public service was part of state security that needed to be improved upon.

Nalishiwa said that registry departments in his ministry and other government departments were nerve centres of all systems ranging from security to decision-making in public service delivery.

He was speaking during the official opening of a one-week workshop on records management for Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives registry staff held at Zambia College of Agriculture (ZCA) in Monze on Wednesday.

He said that the workshop was intended to help registry staff in the ministry of agriculture to appreciate the whole concept of record management for them to improve and get acquainted with the new systems developed.

Nalishiwa said the government was aware that a good working environment played a pivotal role in motivating staff.

Labels: MANAGEMENT, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, WORK ETHIC

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